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Audience Positioning and Binary Opposition Flashcards

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What is Audience Positioning?

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The way the writer positions themselves and the reader(s)

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What is Direct Address?

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Speaking directly to the reader

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What person pronouns will be used in Direct Address?

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2nd person pronouns

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Give an example of a 2nd person pronoun

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You

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What is Synthetic Personalisation?

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When a writer is friendly and makes assumptions about the reader

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What is an Inclusive Address?

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Putting readers of the text on the same level as the writer

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What person pronouns will be used in Inclusive Address? Will they be singular or plural?

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1st person pronouns. They will be plural

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Give 3 examples of 1st person pronouns

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We, us, our

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What is Register?

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A style of language determined by context

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What would be the effect of a Colloquial Register on the writer?

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They will seem more informal and friendly

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What would be the effect of a Technical Register on the writer?

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They will seem more authoritative and knowledgeable

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How many methods can you position your audience in?

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4

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Name the 4 audience positionings

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Above us, With us, Among us, Against us

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What does it mean if the writer is positioned as above us?

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They are an expert and are informing the reader

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What person pronouns will be used in an above us positioning?

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2nd person pronouns

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What does it mean if the writer is positioned as With us?

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They are addressing us as having the same ideas

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What person pronouns will be used in a With us positioning?

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1st person pronouns

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What does it mean if the writer is positioned as Against us?

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They are talking to opponents of their ideas

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What person pronouns will be used in an Against us positioning?

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3rd person pronouns

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What does it mean if the writer is positioned as Among us?

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They are talking at the same level of the reader

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What person pronouns may be used in the Among us audience positioning?

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1st person pronouns

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What is Binary Opposition?

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Creating a contrast between two topics and talk about them together

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Who created the concept of the ideal reader?

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Fairclough

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How might writers construct their ideal reader?

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By using certain language to position themselves

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